A priest walked free from court today (Tuesday) after a jury cleared him of sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy helper more than 30 years ago. Father Michael Wright, 69, was accused of plying the schoolboy with drink and repeatedly molesting him at
A man posing as a gas engineer stole hundreds of pounds from a pensioner in a distraction burglary. Police are warning people not to leave large sums of money in their homes after the burglary in Hawksmoor Road, Cutteslowe, Oxford, which took place
A 19-year-old backpacker from Oxfordshire has been killed in a coach crash in remote region of Peru. The girl was travelling on a bus with two friends from the county between the Peruvian capital Lima and the town of Cusco when the accident happened
Father Michael Wright walked free from court today after a jury cleared him of sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy helper more than 30 years ago. Fr Wright, 69, was accused of plying the schoolboy with drink and repeatedly molesting him at a church
Last night I watched the Us match on the telly. I have the greatest respect for Oxford United Supporters, their loyalty and optimism are second to none. So I want to post something positive about the match. The Sky coverage was first class. Sometimes
Last night I watched the Us match on the telly. I have the greatest respect for Oxford United Supporters, their loyalty and optimism are second to none. So I want to post something positive about the match. The Sky coverage was first class. Sometimes
Last night I watched the Us match on the telly. I have the greatest respect for Oxford United Supporters, their loyalty and optimism are second to none. So I want to post something positive about the match. The Sky coverage was first class. Sometimes
DETECTIVES this evening released CCTV images of a group of people they believe are responsible for a series of burglaries at shops across the Thames Valley. The latest was at Tura Newsagents, Oxford Road, Abingdon, on Thursday. Six people entered
A TEENAGE backpacker from Oxford has been killed in a coach crash in a remote region of Peru. The 19-year-old girl was travelling on a bus with two friends from the county between the Peruvian capital Lima and the town of Cusco when the accident happened
AN amateur choir that sung its way from an Oxford estate to the Royal Albert Hall is helping to mark ten years since channel Five was launched. The Blackbird Leys Choir will perform Happy Birthday on channel Five at 7.15pm today as part of the celebrations
CONTRARY to what it says on the front of today's Oxford Mail, United are NOT certain for the play-offs – there are still six games coming up, starting with Saturday's visit of Burton Albion. They are a good side and United did very well to bag a win at
CONTRARY to what it says on the front of today's Oxford Mail, United are NOT certain for the play-offs – there are still six games coming up, starting with Saturday's visit of Burton Albion. They are a good side and United did very well to bag a win at
CONTRARY to what it says on the front of today's Oxford Mail, United are NOT certain for the play-offs – there are still six games coming up, starting with Saturday's visit of Burton Albion. They are a good side and United did very well to bag a win at
POLICE are warning elderly residents in Oxford to be on their guard after an 86-year-old woman fell victim to a doorstep conman. A man called at a property in Hawksmoor Road, Cutteslowe, between 4.30pm and 5.30pm yesterday and told the woman he was
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Whinging, moaning, complaining, whining Victor Meldrew-types have done nothing but bleat about how badly things are going ever since the government announced that the bill for the Olympics has gone up from, roughly, £3 billion to about £10 billion. Now
Police are set to continue to question four of the six men arrested over the murder of Enayit Khalili, 26. The time limit for holding the men in custody was up this morning, but detectives have been granted a 24 hour extension, which will expire tomorrow
A 12-year-old girl was left shocked after she was grabbed by two men in Bicester. The girl was walking home from school along Churchill Road yesterday when she was approached from behind, police said today. One of the men grabbed her shoulders to
POLICE were today given a further 24-hour extension to question four of the five men being held in connection with the murder of Enayit Khalili. The extension expires tomorrow morning. A 22-year-old has been released without charge. A sixth man, aged
TWO men tried to grab a 12-year-old girl as she walked home from school in Bicester. The girl was walking along Churchill Road at about 3.50pm and as she approached the junction of Buckingham Road she was approached from behind by the men. One of
Oxfordshire company Vastox is looking for a new name after taking over two privately-owned biotech companies in a £16.5m deal. Vastox, which employs 70 staff at Milton Park, near Abingdon, aims to reduce the failure rate of experimental drugs by testing
A computer games developer and publisher has stepped in to save the jobs of 30 workers at a rival firm. Brothers Jason and Chris Kingsley, who run Oxford-based Rebellion, have taken on the staff of Ignition Banbury, formerly Awesome Developments, after
City of Oxford fought back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Marlow in their final Division 1 game of the season in the MBB&O League. Goals from Simon Toms and Cliff Brown sealed a point after a slow start. Abingdon's men lost 6-1 at home to champions
Oxford Hawks completed a miraculous recovery to avoid finishing in the relegation zone of the Men's South Division of the National League with a 6-2 win at Whitchurch - despite finding themselves 2-0 behind after ten minutes. Hawks won three of their
Rover Oxford's celebrations are only just finishing after a truly memorable weekend. Their ladies team won promotion to the National League after clinching the South Clubs' League Division 1 title with a 2-1 win at Wimbledon. And their men beat PHC
Oxford Cheetahs have shown the door to young polish rider Adrian Miedzinski after just two meetings. The move comes despite the strong performance against Peterborough on Friday. In an effort to strengthen the side, team manager Mick Horton brings
Oxford City boss Justin Merritt is warning his side against complacency when they take on Ardley United in tonight's Oxfordshire Senior Cup semi-final at Marriotts Stadium. "We are going to give them an awful lot of respect," said Merritt. "It's going
Oxford United boss Jim Smith said his team sometimes drive him round he bend - and they did again last night as they let in a last-minute goal in their 2-2 draw with Dagenham. The Conference leaders snatched a point, which keeps them 11 points clear
Oxford City Council has failed to secure unitary status, it was confirmed this morning. As expected, an announcement in Westminster put paid to any lingering hopes the Town Hall and the other district councils, after merging in the north and south,
KENNY Roberts Jr finished 16th in Sunday's Spanish MotoGP, dropping back from what seemed a secure top-ten finish when a transmission gremlin struck his Banbury-built machine. It happened on the 24th of 27 laps of the 4.423km Andalucian circuit, outside
A SEX offender who went missing from police has been jailed for drug dealing. Marcel Osei-Ababio, 20, was arrested by police in May last year in Highlands, Banbury, with 23 wraps of cocaine on his possession. He was jailed for 15 months at Oxford
Twenty jobs have been saved at a west Oxfordshire engineering firm after it was taken over by a new partnership. JD Krouse Engineering, in Carterton, had been put into liquidation by its owner, John Krouse, but was snapped up immediately by Albert Soave
Are you getting the most out of your employer from cycling to work? Cycling to work really does mean that you are doing the organisation you work for a big favour. You're more likely to be on time, you'll arrive more alert and less stressed than other
Chinnor can no longer avoid relegation from National 3 South after losing 43-8 at home to Canterbury. A penalty from Ben Hewitt and try from Richard Williams saw them trail 17-8 in the first half, but the visitors came on strong after the break.
OXFORD United conceded a 90th-minute equaliser in their table-topping clash with Dagenham in an exciting 2-2 draw at the Kassam Stadium. Yemi Odubade inspired a stirring second-half fightback with a virtuoso performance on the right and two well-taken
Your readers will be aware that a number of Oxford play areas are under threat of closure through lack of funds to maintain or upgrade them. The Liberal Democrat portfolio holder has recently suggested they are not affordable. I would disagree. The
Bicester captain Steve Risbridger hailed his team's heart after lifting the Oxfordshire Shield. He said: "To beat a side like Wallingford was a big ask. "We were definitely underdogs, but before the game we tried to use that to our advantage. "We
The tragic death of schoolboy Ben Halsey-Jones in the Thames during the recent floods brought into focus again the dangers on our many waterways in Oxfordshire. It also highlighted some shortcomings in the way our rivers are managed. With responsibility
Thank you for highlighting the recent assault mounted on support care staff by Oxfordshire County Council (Oxford Mail, March 20). Hearty congratulations to Unison for the support given to its members and the successful outcome in restoring the proposed
Commuters welcomed extra seats provided on a rush-hour service from Oxford to London yesterday, but are still demanding further improvements. Last week, First Great Western announced the second round of changes to its timetables so far this year, which
Trees along the bank of River Thames at Osney Lock, in Oxford are being trimmed back for safety reasons. A team of specialist tree surgeons from the Environment Agency began the first stage of trimming a row of willow trees along the path yesterday.
A man who fell to his death from the top of an Oxford church tower was yesterday named as a teacher at one of the city's leading private schools. Dr David Brunton, who lived in Hinton Waldrist, near Wantage, was head of media studies at Magdalen College
The chance of Barton's long-awaited £250,000 makeover being completed in time for the estate's Big Bash party is looking increasingly unlikely. With less than three months to go before the event, work is yet to start on the creation of an amphitheatre
Benefit fraud investigators say they are taking on 160 new cases every month from people "shopping" suspected claimant cheats in Oxford. And the city's Jobcentreplus has appealed to those who suspect their friends, neighbours or work colleagues of cheating
'Ordinary folk' and pensioners were hailed as the winners under new proposals to shake up council tax. Chancellor Gordon Brown has been handed Sir Michael Lyons's report on local government funding, which includes a recommendation for extra council
Charity workers who have spent 25 years keeping the elderly and infirm independent are worried about their future if NHS managers demolish their Oxford headquarters. Dialability, which offers information and advice about disability products and services
A Christian mission is to be set up to reach out to people on Oxford housing estates. Oxford City Mission have already begun 'prayer walks' in the areas they are planning to work in - Barton, Blackbird Leys, Rose Hill, Cutteslowe, Dean Court, Northway
More than 12.5 tonnes of litter have been handpicked from verges and roadsides across west Oxfordshire in just 26 days. The rubbish, which included two washing machines, a fridge and dumped car doors, seats and glass, was collected during a litter blitz
Young and disabled rowers will be left high and dry unless £20,000 can be found to mend their landing stage. Rowers who use the City of Oxford Rowing Club, off Meadow Lane, Oxford, need to repair the unstable platform on the Thames by the end of summer
POLICE and an ambulance crew were called to a notorious accident blackspot, near Witney, following a crash between two cars yesterday. Nobody was seriously injured following the collision, between a Citroen Saxo and a Nissan Micra, on the A415 at Cokethorpe
DRIVERS who ignored the ban on cars in parts of Oxford yesterday will be the first to be fined £60. Oxfordshire County Council has had a 'grace period' for the past month by just sending warnings to those caught driving along Oxford's historic High
COMMUTERS welcomed extra seats provided on a rush-hour service from Oxford to London yesterday, but are still demanding further improvements. Last week, First Great Western announced the second round of changes to its timetables so far this year, which
THE mother of a young doctor killed by a speeding driver visited a hospital room in Oxford which is being named in her memory. Dr Margaret Davidson, 26, was killed when teenager Nolan Haworth crashed head-on into her car last May, on the A4260 near
Experts are to draw up a list of the most dangerous stretches of Oxford's towpath in a bid to get on top of a maintenance backlog. A voluntary agreement is to be thrashed out between Oxford City Council and County Hall to prioritise which parts are
The killing of a man found beaten and drowned in a river was pre-planned, a jury heard today. Edward Doyle, 34, Terry McMaster, 24, Tracey Fathers, 35, and her sister Karen Fathers, 35, all from Alice Smith Square in Littlemore, deny murdering Sean
Drivers who ignored the ban on cars in parts of Oxford today will be the first to be fined £60. Oxfordshire County Council has had a 'grace period' for the past month by just sending warnings to those caught driving along Oxford's historic High Street
The mother of a young doctor killed by a speeding driver visited a hospital room in Oxford which is being named in her memory. Dr Margaret Davidson, 26, was killed when teenager Nolan Haworth crashed head-on into her car last May, on the A4260 near
The man stabbed to death in Rose Hill was a cleaner working hard to support his family and wife back home in Afghanistan and Pakistan, it emerged tonight. Enayit Khalili, 26, had come to Britain for a better life, away from the oppressive regime of
Oxford United boss Jim Smith said his team sometimes drive him round he bend - and they did again last night as they let in a last-minute goal in their 2-2 draw with Dagenham. The Conference leaders snatched a point, which keeps them 11 points clear
Oxfordshire Shield final Bicester 17, Wallingford 10 Bicester upset the formbook to record a deserved victory in a match their pack controlled from start to finish at Iffley Road. Champions Wallingford have won every BB&O Premier Division this season
Oxfordshire returned to the top of Division 2 of the Inter-Counties League - without a dart being thrown. And they will look to extend their advantage when they host Norfolk this weekend. They retook top spot when the BDO upheld a complaint from the
THE killing of a man found beaten and drowned in a river was pre-planned, a jury heard yesterday. Edward Doyle, 34, Terry McMaster, 24, Tracey Fathers, 35, and her sister Karen Fathers, 35, all from Alice Smith Square, Littlemore, deny murdering Sean
A MAJOR clean-up campaign in Banbury has been welcomed by the town's business community. Tony Ilott, chairman of Banbury and District Chamber of Commerce, said the week-long, early spring clean for the town centre was a welcome initiative that would
WITH his black Land Rover Discovery with tinted windows, swimming pool, state-of-the-art plasma television and expensive new kitchen, there was something not quite right about Michael Smith. For one thing, the 44-year-old, from Park Road, Witney, was
THE famous Blue Eagles Helicopter Display Team will be one of the highlights of the Abingdon Air and Country Show on Sunday, May 6. The Army Air Corps' Blue Eagles, who fly Lynx and Gazelles, will be part of a planned three-hour display at Abingdon
MR Bean is donating proceeds from a star-studded film premiere to the Oxford Children's Hospital Campaign. His creator, comedian Rowan Atkinson, who lives in Waterperry, is starring in Mr Bean's Holiday. The premiere took place at the Odeon in Leicester
THEY are famous for staring down on Oxford as city life bustles by. In the name of art, Roma Tearne blindfolded four of the stone emperor heads in Broad Street, Oxford, on Friday - although their 13 original cousins at the Sheldonian Theatre had to
ARSONISTS are thought to have used a stolen can of petrol to set fire to several gardeners' sheds at allotments in Oxford. Fire crews were called to the Lenthall Road allotments, in Rose Hill, at about 3.40pm on Thursday, following reports of a blaze
ABOUT 100,000 people will face a thrilling airshow combining real life air force planes and high-tech films. The spectacular two-day air show, the Spirit of Adventure, takes to the skies over Abingdon on May 26 and 27 and is billed as the World's Most
ENTRIES are invited for a fundraising walk in the countryside around Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, in aid of Breast Cancer Care. Ten and 20 mile circuits will be available at the June 9 event, starting and finishing at the palace. More information is
The jury in the Father Michael Wright trial was expected to start deciding today if the Oxford vicar sexually abused a boy. Father Wright, the vicar of St Barnabas Church, in Jericho, denies six counts of a serious sexual offence and six of indecently
